Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 1. Also check out President Obama addressing the “GLACIER Conference” in Alaska. According to Obama, “the science is stark” on the dire threat of climate change, with the Arctic being the “leading indicator” of what the planet as a whole faces. Which is all true, but is contradicted by allowing drilling for oil in the Arctic. To the contrary, we need to be getting off of fossil fuels ASAP, like yesterday would be nice.

*Mt. McKinley becomes the newest conservative molehill (“Alaska, run by Republicans, want the name to be Denali and have been trying to make the change for decades. The Alaska delegations – Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, Republicans all – heralded the move…”)

*Krugman: A Heckuva Job (“What we should have learned from Katrina, in other words, was that political poseurs with nothing much to offer besides bluster can nonetheless fool many people into believing that they’re strong leaders. And that’s a lesson we’re learning all over again as the 2016 presidential race unfolds.”)